Shreveport, La, Oct. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (the "Company") (Nasdaq: HFBL), the holding company of Home Federal Bank, reported net income for the three months ended September 30, 2025, of $1.599 million compared to net income of $941,000 reported for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The Company's basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.53 and $0.52, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to $0.31 for the three months ended September 30, 2024.
The Company reported the following highlights during the three months ended September 30, 2025:
-- Book value per share increased to $18.46 at September 30, 2025 from $17.90 at June 30, 2025.
-- $1.242 million reduction in losses on held-to-maturity securities since June 30, 2025, which equates to $0.40 per share.
-- Zero dependency on wholesale funding -- no brokered deposits or FHLB advances at September 30, 2025 or June 30, 2025.
-- 65 basis point increase to net interest margin compared to the same period in 2024.
The increase in net income for the three months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, resulted from an increase of $834,000, or 18.8%, in net interest income, an increase of $350,000, or 116.7%, in non-interest income, a decrease of $160,000, or 4.0%, in non-interest expense, partially offset by an increase of $420,000 in the provision for income taxes, and an increase of $266,000, or 119.3%, in the provision for credit losses. The increase in net interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, resulted from a decrease of $565,000, or 17.0%, in total interest expense and an increase of $269,000, or 3.5%, in total interest income. The Company's average interest rate spread was 2.99% for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to 2.23% for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The Company's net interest margin was 3.63% for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to 2.98% for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in the provision for credit losses was primarily due to a $223,000 recovery for the three months ended September 30, 2024, resulting from a decrease in net loans receivable during the period.
The following table sets forth the Company's average balances and average yields earned and rates paid on its interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities for the periods indicated.
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
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2025 2024
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Average Average Average Average
Balance Yield/Rate Balance Yield/Rate
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(Dollars in thousands)
Interest-earning
assets:
Loans receivable $463,931 6.22% $466,170 5.87%
Investment securities 96,390 2.28 96,749 2.09
Interest-earning
deposits 15,105 4.83 25,617 5.20
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Total
interest-earning
assets $575,426 5.52% $588,536 5.22%
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Interest-bearing
liabilities:
Savings accounts $ 94,102 1.69% $ 82,556 1.61%
NOW accounts 65,801 1.13 72,787 1.10
Money market accounts 73,599 2.07 75,216 2.37
Certificates of
deposit 194,016 3.48 204,019 4.30
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Total
interest-bearing
deposits 427,518 2.48 434,578 2.92
Other bank borrowings 4,000 7.54 5,989 7.75
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Total
interest-bearing
liabilities $431,518 2.53% $440,567 2.98%
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The $350,000 increase in non-interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the prior year quarterly period, resulted from a decrease of $254,000 in loss on sale of real estate, an increase of $50,000 in gain on sale of loans, an increase of $32,000 in service charges on deposit accounts, and an increase of $14,000 in other non-interest income. The $254,000 loss on sale of real estate for the prior year period related to a one-to-four family residence in other real estate owned that was sold during the period.
The $160,000 decrease in non-interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, resulted from decreases of $152,000 in compensation and benefits expense, $63,000 in audit and examination fees, $33,000 in franchise and bank shares tax, $32,000 in professional fees, $28,000 in advertising expense, $7,000 in amortization of core deposit intangible expense, partially offset by increases of $117,000 in data processing expense, $17,000 in other non-interest expense, $14,000 in loan and collection expense, $4,000 in occupancy and equipment expense, and $3,000 in deposit insurance premium expense. The increase in data processing expense resulted from a billing discrepancy with our core processor, which had failed to issue invoices for certain services dating back to December 2022. Upon discovery of the issue, we negotiated a discounted settlement to resolve the outstanding invoices, and all invoices going forward included all services. The increase in services billed resulted in the increase for the three months ended September 30, 2025.
Total assets increased $13.138 million, or 2.2%, from $609.492 million at June 30, 2025 to $622.630 million at September 30, 2025. The increase in assets resulted from increases in cash and cash equivalents of $9.145 million, or 52.7%, from 17.347 million at June 30, 2025 to $26.492 million at September 30, 2025, net loans receivable of $3.352 million, or 0.7%, from $461.004 million at June 30, 2025 to $464.356 million at September 30, 2025, investment securities of $1.547 million, or 1.6%, from $96.230 million at June 30, 2025 to $97.777 million at September 30, 2025, bank owned life insurance of $28,000, or 0.4%, from $6.926 million at June 30, 2025 to $6.954 million at September 30, 2025, and accrued interest receivable of $18,000, or 1.0%, from $1.836 million at June 30, 2025 to $1.854 million at September 30, 2025, partially offset by decreases in premises and equipment of $258,000, or 1.5%, from $17.266 million at June 30, 2025 to $17.008 million at September 30, 2025, loans-held-for-sale of $224,000, or 14.5%, from $1.540 million at June 30, 2025 to $1.316 at September 30, 2025, real estate owned of $187,000, or 19.3% from $970,000 at June 30, 2025 to $783,000 at September 30, 2025, deferred tax asset of $120,000, or 10.3%, from $1.163 million at June 30, 2025 to $1.043 million at September 30, 2025, other assets of $96,000, or 7.4%, from $1.305 million at June 30, 2025 to $1.209 million at September 30, 2025, and core deposit intangible of $67,000, or 7.3%, from $915,000 at June 30, 2025 to $848,000 at September 30, 2025.
Total liabilities increased $11.752 million, or 2.1%, from $554.287 million at June 30, 2025 to $566.039 million at September 30, 2025. The increase in liabilities resulted from increases in total deposits of $10.898 million, or 2.0%, from $546.290 million at June 30, 2025 to $557.188 million at September 30, 2025, other accrued expenses and liabilities of $610,000, or 17.7%, from $3.454 million at June 30, 2025 to $4.064 million at September 30, 2025, and advances from borrowers for taxes and insurance of $244,000, or 44.9%, from $543,000 at June 30, 2025 to $787,000 at September 30, 2025. The increase in deposits resulted from increases in certificates of deposit of $12.917 million, or 6.9%, from $187.357 million at June 30, 2025 to $200.274 million at September 30, 2025, non-interest deposits of $5.025 million, or 4.1%, from $122.416 million at June 30, 2025 to $127.441 million at September 30, 2025, and NOW accounts of $1.670 million, or 2.5%, from $67.119 million at June 30, 2025 to $68.789 million at September 30, 2025, partially offset by decreases in money market deposits of $4.848 million, or 6.6%, from $73.771 million at June 30, 2025 to $68.923 million at September 30, 2025, and savings deposits of $3.866 million, or 4.0%, from $95.627 million at June 30, 2025 to $91.761 million at September 30, 2025. The Company had no balances in brokered deposits at September 30, 2025 or June 30, 2025.
At September 30, 2025, the Company had $2.225 million of non-performing assets (defined as non-accruing loans, accruing loans 90 days or more past due, and other real estate owned) compared to $3.305 million of non-performing assets at June 30, 2025, consisting of seven one-to-four family residential loans, three home equity loans, one commercial non-real estate loans, one land loan, and one single-family residence in other real estate owned at September 30, 2025, compared to six one-to-four family residential loans, two home equity loans, three commercial non-real estate loans, two commercial real estate loans and one single-family residences in other real estate owned at June 30, 2025. At September 30, 2025 the Company had ten one-to-four family residential loans, three home equity loans, three commercial non-real estate loans, one commercial real estate loans, one land loan and one consumer loan classified as substandard, compared to eight one-to-four family residential loans, five commercial non-real estate
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